There are many mysterious photos from Louisiana posted on Ancient Faces. There are at least 36 photos posted from Louisiana. One of those photos posted is of a Miss Almira Brainerd. The photo was found in Louisiana.

More information from Ancient Faces:Date taken : July 4, 1900 1900Description : I found this photo in a flea market in Louisiana.was so surprized she didn’t have a home and was in a flea market.I am seraching for the rightful owner of this young lady’s portrait. It reads on back.Miss Almira BrainerdKirkwood ,Ill.1-16×20 CrayonGrade DAgt A F EfrairlyKeittesburg,Ill.July 4-1900 grand display of fireworks. Well remembered.She is too beautiful to be left in a closet or tin box to go to ruin. Black and white photos usually last 100 yers..this photo in 104 yrs old..Is she your family? contact me at rita_matte@yahoo.com to claim her..thanks Rita..

Mystery : Who does she belong to?

A Google Book popped up with information about several women named Almira Brainerd.

Almira Brainerd married M. Chadwick, and had one child, Charles Birney Chadwick. She died at Bucyrus, [Ohio] aged twenty-seven.

Dr. Brainerd married Maria Fox having twelve children, one of which, Almira born April 21, 1827 Buffalo, New York. p. 15

Almira Brainerd married Luther L. Dutcher, Esq. having seven children, one of which was….. you guessed it Almira Brainerd born June 21, 1832. p. 156

The title, The genealogy of the Brainerd family in the United States…., by David Dudley Field and written and published in they year 1857. None of this information tells me about the photo. I am left to wonder how did this photo end up in Louisiana? Well, transportation up and down the Mississippi River likely allowed for this adventure. So I tried Googling the title further and on page 47: “Lucretia Brainerd has been several years in some part of Louisiana, engaged in the instruction of youth, both in family schools and in seminaries.” Lucretia was born March 2, 1807. Well, now there is a connection to Louisiana to the Brainerd family even if it is not the Almira Brainerd I am looking for! Do you suppose Lucretia has a burial in Louisiana? Searching FAG there are two hits for a few of the above entries of the title, but none are in Louisiana.

More on Lucretia’s genealogy:Chevers Brainerd married Martha Champion, daughter of Isreael and Mehetabel (Fuller) Champioin, September 10, 1795, and had five children by her. She died March 13, 1814, aged forty-one, and Mr. Brainerd married Widow Jerusha (Cornwall )Lord, relict of William Lord, October 15, 1814, and had by her four children.

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